Friday, October 3, 2008

Historically speaking, there had to be one person who was the very first to stick a fake gravemarker or a tombstone on their property. I find myself thinking about that a lot for some strange reason. No cameras to capture it and no strings of lights or foggers to help set the mood. Maybe there was a carved pumpkin. I bet the neighbors weren't too pleased. I wonder who it was.

I'm sure he wasn't the first, but according to The Official Dick Van Dyke Show Book (Amazon ISBN: 1557834539) Dick Van Dyke is a HAlloween fanatic who went to great expense to set up an impressive yard haunt every year.

This was an old post with a photo from 1890. That's a pretty impressive setup, though nothing macabre is present. I'm guessing these sort of people would spread their display onto their front porch, and eventually onto the front lawn?